Tarot Cards - The Nine of Swords

Divinatory meaning
Upright - Deception, premonitions and bad dreams, suffering and depression, cruelty, disappointment violence, loss and scandal.  All of these may be overcome through faith and calculated inaction.  This is the card of the martyr and with it comes new life out of suffering.

Ill Dignified or Reversed - Distrust and suspicion, despair, misery and malice.  Total isolation away from comfort and help.  Institutionalisation, suicide, imprisonment and isolation.

Tarot Cards: The Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana - The Suit of Wands, The Suit of Cups, The Suit of Swords, The Suit of Pentacles.